Check out Danielle’s related post for individuals and families. January 28th is Data Protection Day in the United States and Europe. The celebration of this day is the anniversary of “the signing of the Council […]
I run a small US-based business. I don’t see GDPR ever applying to my company. Can I just ignore it? Our clients and business partners frequently ask whether the European Union General Data Protection Regulation […]
Sometimes, we at SCS like to make our posts short and sweet. With chaiOS, we have a great time to do so. The researcher has already removed his exploit on Github. Apple’s actively working on […]
Last Wednesday, researchers from Google’s Project Zero and various universities released two potentially earth-shattering vulnerabilities with Intel processors. The attacks, named Meltdown and Spectre, allow for a given process to steal information from memory. Meltdown […]
A just-released pair of new surveys confirm that people still love their weak passwords. SplashData reveals the worst passwords of 2017, while EPC Group shares interesting password trends by gender, location, and other factors. The […]
Alteryx, a data mining and analytics firm, just disclosed it accidentally exposed the personal details of over 120 million American households. This data included the Experian ComsumerView dataset and a full dump of the 2010 […]
Nicehash, the cryptocurrency mining company, has confirmed the theft of over 4,736.43 Bitcoin, worth over $75 million at today’s prices. What We Know On Wednesday, December 6th, the Nicehash team reported that someone had compromised their […]
Yesterday morning, a researcher named Lemi Ergin disclosed a major bug in macOS High Sierra. On Twitter, he reported that when making changes to Users and Groups preferences, a login prompt appears. By typing in […]
In yet another episode of the eternal conga line of breaches and thefts, Forever 21 recently announced that hackers stole credit card data from their stores. What Happened to Forever 21? Forever 21 has not-so-kindly […]
Happy Holidays! With Black Friday and Cyber Monday past for 2017, we’re now in the full holiday shopping season. Here’s some holiday shopping tips so you can stay safe online. Shop only at trusted retailers. […]